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July 25, 2007 at
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Ank220
1234 My Street
K-Town TN
I'll take it off your hands...
Good luck! I hope you get to have a sale soon.
No, but where did this Q come from? Is it an IP or insert? I would be very curious about how well it worked.
Then for pricing I used "Menu" style pricing posters put up around the basement for people to read, rather than pricing each item.
My very first customer was an elderly lady looking for costume jewelry. She almost left when she found I had none but ended up spending $60. Lesson learned though was she would grab around $6 or $12 worth of stuff then ask if I would take $5 or $10. Every time she did it in such a way I got the impression that was the last of what she was going to buy and I'd say yes. I think she ended up talking me down over $15 in the end. Really annoyed me but taught me to tell others that I was not willing to come down in price until they had picked all they were going to buy. Then depending on the total I might round down a cpl dollars.
Up sides to basement sale.
- It was ridiculous hot so people who came tended to stay a bit if only to cool down and in the end I don't think one left without buying something.
- My "check-out" was right next to exit so it was hard for anyone to shoplift
- No need to cart it all up and back down
- We had a small rain shower come through near noon and I didn't have to scramble.
- The few times I had a break between waves I'd quickly toss the larger bills in the deep freeze to minimize any chance of it being stolen.
Downsides:
- I didn't have/take the time to properly rope off areas not for sale. Had blocked the areas with folding tables but people just walked around them and were trying to buy just about everything.
- People got to see inside of my basement (though in my case didnt' really care. Its unfinished and always locked from getting upstairs.
- I had a couple people ask to get in after the rain finished and my DH decided he didn't want me to re-open. I caved on one old couple letting them walk through my house to get to basement as I'd already locked up outside entrance. Don't feel they were a risk but still regret setting that precedence.
The other family had asked ahead of time as they were waiting on mother to come for visit and wanted to bring her. for them I reopened the basement door and walked them in that way when they came. Both after hours groups spent another $50+ each so I suppose it was worth it, though DH wasn't thrilled.
- Could have been a bit of a security issue I suppose but DH was around upstairs the whole time and we had locked the access to upstairs so I could only go up by knocking for him to open it.
- I chose to carry down most of my yard furniture so no one would be tempted to walk away with it but it was still easier than carrying up all my surplus.
In the end I made almost exactly 1K in 4 hours and very minimal set up effort. At the beginning I was afraid no one would want to follow the signs to my basement but in the end I was so pleased it almost made me wish I could do this once a month.
+++ Oh and for storage in my basement I have large metal industrial shelving and I found some free beer flats and other large boxes with open tops that fit very nicely on the shelves. I treat them kind of like storage drawers and then when I had the sale I just pulled out the ones from the shelves too high or low to comfortably view and set them on some folding tables placed around the basement. When it was done I only had to move the boxes back to the shelves and fold up the tables.
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Advertise like no tomorrow. Craigslist until you are sure you are going to be flagged. Post in the garage sales area, baby, household, furniture, general.. all over.
Don't type out everything you have and/or price lists....*snip*
You don't have to stay open all day long to rake in the money....*snip*
Like someone else said, organize. Invest in a cheap pricing gun on ebay if you plan to really stock up and sell....*snip*
I am planning just a Sat. sale from about 7:30/8ish to 12/1, I'm with you on this.
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OK, good to know. I'll still use the ones I have, just make sure I remember the Pull-Ups.
We were in our local Target and bought some patio furniture that went to 75% off. We need a few more chairs than the store had but some neighboring towns have the chairs, but only at 30% off. I called each store and they said they would not match price on the 75% of since each store did their own pricing etc.
Any way that I can get the chairs we need at 75% off? Purchase and then return/rebuy at my local store??
We were in our local Target and bought some patio furniture that went to 75% off. We need a few more chairs than the store had but some neighboring towns have the chairs, but only at 30% off. I called each store and they said they would not match price on the 75% of since each store did their own pricing etc.
Any way that I can get the chairs we need at 75% off? Purchase and then return/rebuy at my local store??
We were in our local Target and bought some patio furniture that went to 75% off. We need a few more chairs than the store had but some neighboring towns have the chairs, but only at 30% off. I called each store and they said they would not match price on the 75% of since each store did their own pricing etc.
Any way that I can get the chairs we need at 75% off? Purchase and then return/rebuy at my local store??
You could maybe try taking someone with you and after you have returned, the second person goes up to buy that item....
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DD and I will be hitting up some sales here soon, once she finds out the sex of the baby. She was told at her appt yesterday that if the nausea/vomiting/weight loss hasn't gotten better by next visit, expect to be put in the hospital. Keeping my fingers crossed that she starts gaining some weight soon and starts keeping more foods down. She's lost 12 lbs in 4 months.
Cute pictures! I bet he was proud of the good job that did at the GS!
Cute pictures! I bet he was proud of the good job that did at the GS!
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